2005 BUICK TERRAZA Complaints

DT: CALLER SAYS THE HORN DID NOT WORK. THEY CHECKED THE PROBLEM ON OTHER VEHICLES AND WERE WAITING TO HEAR FROM THE MANUFACTURER ON HOW TO FIX IT. MANUFACTURER SAID THEY WILL START A FILE ON THE PROBLEM. CALLER SAID THAT HE HAS TO APPLY A GREAT AMOUNT OF FORCE TO GET THE HORN TO WORK AND HE MUST PUSH THE MIDDLE OF THE STEERING WHEEL.*AK THE DEALER CHECKED OTHER TERRAZA'S AND FOUND THE SAME PROBLEM. *JB

I WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY SWITCHING LANES ON DRY PAVEMENT, CLEAR DAY, AND THE TRACTION CONTROL SYSTEM OR THE STABILITY CONTROL SYSTEM ENGAGED CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO RAPIDLY DECELERATE AND SWERVE TO THE LEFT. IT HAPPENED TO MY WIFE AND SHE CALLED ME CRYING SAYING SHE DID NOT WANT TO DRIVE THE CAR. I DID NOT TAKE HER SERIOUSLY, UNTIL SHE WENT OUT OF TOWN AND THE VEHICLE DID THE SAME TO ME ON THE HIGHWAY. THIS TRACTION CONTROL OR STABILITY CONTROL SYSTEM HAS A PROBLEM AND IS A MAJOR SAFETY CONCERN. I TRIED TO DISENGAGE THE SYSTEM BEFORE DRIVING IT ON THE HIGHWAY TO TAKE IT TO THE DEALER AND IT HAPPENED AGAIN. THE HORN IS HARD TO PUSH AND CAUSE THE HORN TO MAKE A SOUND. WITHOUT A HORN, THE CAR IS NOT SAFE. *NM

THE HORN IS VERY DIFFICULT TO BLOW. IN THE UPPER RIGHT SIDE, YOU CAN HARDLY PUSH ON THE HORN TO BLOW, ON THE BOTTOM RIGHT AND THE TOP AND BOTTOM OF THE LEFT SIDE OF THE HORN IT IS A LITTLE EASIER TO BLOW. IF YOU CAN NOT BLOW THE HORN, THE CAR IS NOT SAFE

CONSUMER STATES: THERE WAS A VIBRATION IN THE CAR WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH. THE CONSUMER COULD FEEL THE STEERING WHEEL VIBRATE. THE SEVERITY OF THE VIBRATING DEPENDED ON THE CONDITION OF THE ROAD. ON 5-26-05 THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHEN IT HAD ABOUT 500 MILES ON IT TO HAVE THE TIRES BALANCED. THAT DID NOT FIX THE VIBRATING. THE DEALER TOLD THE CONSUMER THEY COULDN'T DO ANYTHING ELSE TO THE CAR UNTIL THE VEHICLE HAD 5,000 MILES ON IT. HE TALKED TO GM ON APPROX. 6-30-05 AND THEY TOLD HIM THEY COULDN'T DO ANYTHING UNTIL THE VEHICLE HAD 7,500 MILES. THE CONSUMER IS AFRAID THE CAR MAY HAVE A BAD TIRE OR A BAD BEARING. THE CONSUMER THEN TOOK THE VEHICLE TO GOODYEAR, BUT THEY WANTED TOO MUCH MONEY TO LOOK AT THE VEHICLE. *NM

DT: THE CONSUMER WAS DRIVING 65 MPH ON THE INTERSTATE WHEN THE CAR SHUT DOWN. NO LIGHTS CAME ON TO WARN HER. THE SPEEDOMETER AND THE TACHOMETER WENT TO 0 AND THE CAR WENT DEAD. SHE HAD THE CAR LESS THAN 7 DAYS AND THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME THIS HAPPENED. THE DEALER DID NOT KNOW WHAT WAS WRONG. THEY WERE PUTTING A NEW ENGINE IN THE CAR DUE TO AN OIL LEAK. THEY COULD NOT RECREATE THE PROBLEM. *AK

DT: THE CONSUMER OWNS A 2005 BUICK TERRAZA. THE ONLY THE WAY THE HORN WILL WORK IS BY TAKING BOTH OF HER THUMBS AND PRESSING AS HARD AS SHE CAN TO GET THE HORN TO BLOW IN THE LEFT HAND CORNER THAT IS THE ONLY SPOT THAT IT WILL WORK. THE HORN HAS NOT WORKED SINCE SHE PURCHASED THE VEHICLE. SHE FILED A COMPLAINT WITH GM. *JB

ALL BUICK TERRAZAS (ALSO PONTIAC SV6) VIOLATE 49CFR571.101 IN THAT THE NEEDLES FOR THE INSTRUMENT GAUGES ARE NOT ILLUMINATED WHEN THE IGNITION IS ON. THEY ARE ILLUMINATED ONLY IF THE IGNITION IS OFF. I CALLED THIS IN ON 1/19/2005, HOWEVER, I'M USING THIS FORM TO MAIL IN MY COMPLAINT MORE EXPEDITIOUSLY. *NM LATER A DEFECTIVE LIGHT SENSOR WAS FOUND. REFER TO ODI# 10108684. CANCEL THIS COMPLAINT PER CONSUMER. *SC

CONSUMER STATED,WHENEVER THE VEHICLE WAS STARTED, HE WAS UNABLE TO SEE THE NEEDLE OR THE DIAL ON ANY OF THE GAUGES ON THE DASHBOARD. THE DEALER WAS NOTIFIED. THE DEALER INFORMED THE CONSUMER THAT WAS THE NORMAL CHARACTERISTIC OF THAT VEHICLE AND NOTHING ELSE CAN BE DONE. THE CONSUMER HAS A CONCERN THAT HE IS UNABLE TO SEE THE PROPER SPEED WHILE DRIVING OR TO DETERMINE THE AMOUNT OF FUEL IN THE FUEL TANK. *JB